@article{Sekabira:125100, recid = {125100}, author = {Sekabira, Haruna and Bonabana-Wabbi, Jackline and Asingwire, Narathius}, title = {Determinants for Adoption of ICT-Based Market Information Services by Smallholder Farmers and Traders in Mayuge District, Uganda}, address = {2012}, number = {1007-2016-79513}, pages = {2}, year = {2012}, note = {use of ICTs in household small-scale farm businesses}, abstract = {Market access is increasingly relying on ICTs that are adopted haphazardly yet less is known about available ICTs; technology, potential users, and characteristics of both entities hence the study assessed adoption of ICTs in market services by smallholders determining; components, factors influencing adoption, choice of combinations and 150 farmers and 50 traders were interviewed randomly. Majority of respondents had knowledge of ICT groups but only 22% had membership despite 80% agreeing that ICTs benefit agriculture. Radio and mobile phone were most used and poverty, poor power/network coverage limited ICT use whereas experience, family size and land farmed influenced adoption.}, url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/125100}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.125100}, }